On 02.01.2016 13:06, Andrew MacIntyre wrote: > While the announcement today of the planned move of the Python repository to > GitHub has no bearing > whatsoever on my decision, I would note that GitHub's requirement that a > person only have one > account - to be used for both personal activity and any activity on behalf of > an employer - is of > sufficient concern to me that had I decided to continue as a committer I > would be seeking legal > advice concerning my position. I say this as to date I have been able to > satisfy my employer's > requirements for clear separation of my personal activities, including my > participation in Python > development, from my activities as an employee. This has been possible by > exclusively using only > provably personal resources, including accounts and internet access, for > personal activities. Such > clear separation becomes much more difficult when resources such as accounts > are shared between > personal and employee roles, especially when being seen to do the right thing > is as important as > actually doing the right thing.
You are making a good point which I believe we have not yet discussed. Github requires that "One person or legal entity may not maintain more than one free account." in A.7. of their ToCs: https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/ So if you are using a free account for company purposes, you'd have to get a paid account for personal use to e.g. contribute to Python and clearly separate personal contributions from ones you make as employee. By using just one account, such a separation would be difficult or could cause problems for employees of companies which require clear separation of activities from personal ones. It would also create a problem for the PSF, since without a clear separation, we'd need a contrib form from the employer to be able to legally accept the contributions in such situations. Would any of the existing committers run into such a problem ? I guess the PSF could refund any Github charges incurred to remedy the situation. Their smallest plan is USD 7 per month and account, so that would mean costs of USD 84 per year and committer - this certainly within range of what the PSF can provide without problem. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Jan 02 2016) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> Python Database Interfaces ... http://products.egenix.com/ >>> Plone/Zope Database Interfaces ... http://zope.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ http://www.malemburg.com/ _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers
